Radiator-hood



E- C. FREEZE.

RADIATOR HOOD. APPLICATION map SEPT-29, p920.

1,391,468. PatentedSept. 20,1921.

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ELISHA C. FREEZE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RADIATOR-HOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed September 29, 1920. Serial No. 413,601.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA C. FREEZE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of St. Louis and State of- Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in RadiatonHoods, ofwhich the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to improvements in radiator hoods and has for its object a hood which is designed to humidify the air and at the same time strain out the dust from the air as it rises between the coils ofthe radiator.

In the drawings: 7 v

Figure 1 is an elevation of my device showing the same in position on a radiator with parts broken away and in section.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the filling end of the hood.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the opposite end of the hood with a portion of the lid thereon.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmental cross section of the hood.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental perspective of the grating made use of in the top.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the reservoir braces.

In the construction of my device I employ a radiator hood having vertical side walls 7 and vertical end walls 8 and '9. All of these walls are provided at their upper ends with a turned-in portion 10 and with the upwardly extending flange 11. This flange is the same shape as the main portion of the hood. The upper end of the flange 11 is bent upon itself, as indicated by the numeral 12. This is for the purpose of stiffening the upper edge of the flange and preventing it from being bent out of shape. Over this flange 11 is placed a hood or top 13, which is provided with an inwardly extending flange 14. This flange is reinforced in the same manner as the flange l1. flange 14 is a grating or grille 15. This grille has some of its strands bent upwardly and pointed as at 16. The purpose of theseupwardly bent strands is to form hooks whereby the straining material 17 can be secured. It will be noted from Figs. 3 and 5 that these hooks are bent at an'angle less than a right angle so that when the straining fabric 17 i s ret hed the e n, th fabric Secured to thewill have a tendency to slide down toward the grille 15 and cause the fabric 17 to lie closely thereon. The wall 8 is provided near its bottom with the water opening 19 and to the outside of the wall 8 and surrounding the opening 19 is a spout 20. This spout is for the purpose of supplying water to the water reservoir 21 and in addition to this function also acts as a water gage, which indicates the level of water within the reservoir.

The walls 7, 8 and 9 are provided with the horizontal portions 22. F ormed integral with the portions 22 are vertical walls 23 and inclined walls 24, the walls 23 being parallel to the walls 8 and 9, while the walls 24 diverge from the wall 7. The walls 23 and 24 form the water reservoir 21 and are folded upon themselves at their upper ends as indicated by the numeral 25 for stiffenin purposes. It will be noted from Figs. 1 an 2 that the filler tube or spout 20 does not extend upwardly as high as the walls 23 and 24. The object in constructing the spout in this manner is so that the reservoir 21 will not be filled to overflow. In the bottom 22 of the reservoir 2]. and adjacent the opening 19 is the valve 26. This is for the purpose of draining the water reservoir. In order to support the hood on the radiator I secure straps 27, which extend entirely across the hood from the walls 24. These straps 27 are secured to the wall 24, then have the inclined portion 28, which contacts with the corner formed by the meeting of the walls 7 and 22 and with the projection 29, which extends along the Wall or bottom 22. This acts as a brace for the walls 24. In addition to the brace formed by the supporting rod or bar 27 I employ braces 30. These braces are placed at intervals in the channel or reservoir along the wall 24, and are so positioned as to come in alinement with some of the radiator coils and prevent the mash ing or distortion of the wall 24. This is necessary on account of the tapered construction of the wall 24, and since some of the radiators having the same number of columns have different widths; that is, a three column cast radiator will. be wider than a three column radiator made of pressed steel and it is for this purpose that the wall 24 is inclined so that the hood will not shift laterally on the radiator. Secured to the wall of the room, is a book 31, and in this hook is secured a shield 32. This shield is made of spring material and is provided with a hook 33 and the curved portion 34' so that when the hood is placed on the radiator the shield 32 will contact with the wall and deflect the dust rising from the wall, shield the hood and thus keep the wall clean. The fabric 17 is coarse woven and of fuzzy material, such as ordinary burlap or loosely woven woolen material. The purpose of this is to allow the air to pass through freely to allow the fibers out of which the material is woven to catch the dust. After the hood has been in use for some time, the top 13 can be removed and the air straining fabric either dusted or replaced with new. In this way it is possible to clean the fabric without removing the entire hood from the radiator.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A radiator hood having four upwardly converging walls, a removable top provided with flanges embracing the upper edges of said converging walls, an air straining and dust collecting member carried by said removable top and a water reservoir located on the inside of said walls and extending completely around the interior of the hood at its bottom edge.

2. A radiator hood having four upwardly converging walls, a removableopen top provided with flanges embracing the upper edges of said converging walls, a grille secured to said removable top and extending across the opening therein, an air straining and dust retaining fabric detachably secured across the opening in said top and beneath the grille, and a water reservoir extending completelyaround the interior of the hood at its bottom edge. o

3. A radiator hood having four upwardly converging sides, vided with a flange embracing the upper edges of said sides, a grille secured to the top and extending across the opening therein, an air straining and dust retaining fabric detachably secured beneath the grille, a water reservoir having two vertical and two inclined sides extending completely around the interiorof the hood at its bottom edge, a draining faucet connected with said reservoir, a filling spoutjcarried by one of the sides and located on the outside thereof, said a removable open top profilling spout being of less depth than the v inner walls of the reservoir so as to prevent overflowing of the reservoir. r

In testimony whereof, I haversigned my name to this specification.

ELISHA O; FREEZE. 

